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Cost of sales increased by $58,490, from $264,285 for 2007 to $322,775 for 2008. This increase is related to higher sample sales.
Operating expenses increased from $12,359,359 for 2007 to $15,597,476 for 2008, an increase of $3,238,117, reflecting the start of the Company's U.S. clinical laboratory activities, the CLIA certification of our new laboratory and the launch of the Previstage(TM) GCC Colorectal Cancer Staging Test.
Based on the above, for the year ended October 31, 2008, DiagnoCure recorded a net loss of $13,833,978 or $0.33 per share, compared with $9,156,219 or $0.24 per share, for the same period of 2007. These results are substantially in line with Management expectations and reflect activities undertaken during this fiscal year, in line with the Company's plans and on-going commitment to develop high-value diagnostic tests for the detection and management of cancer. As at October 31, 2008, short-term and long-term investments stood at $20,130,705, down from $32,867,526 as of October 31, 2007. This decrease of $12,736,821 is due to the use of liquidity to finance the operating activities and acquisitions of property, plant and equipment, and of intangibles for this period. Management is satisfied that it has adequate cash resources for continued operations.
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Total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 were $502,272 compared with $495,844 for the fourth quarter of 2007. This increase of $6,428 is mostly attributable to the increase in the royalty revenue from Gen-Probe, which increased in the fourth quarter of 2008 to $110,770, compared with $43,787 for the fourth quarter of 2007. Sales of
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Scotsman Andy Murray was the national hero of last summer when he became the first British man to make it to the Wimbledon final since Bunny Austin in 1938. He was defeated by Roger Federer. Wimbledon fortnight is as famous for rain and strawberries-and-cream as it is for top-level tennis.
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America's health care sector is shifting rapidly to a system where patients can get better information about the quality and cost of care, and there is competition to provide them with the best value.
That's the word from Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, from a roundtable of key business, union, government, community and health care leaders from across the United States. Continue Reading Health care industry becoming more transparent
Starting June 9, the Visiting Nurse Association will provide public wellness clinics the second Saturday of each month at 5373 N. Union Blvd, suite 101.
Registered nurses from the VNA will answer questions and provide access to health services for reduced fees. Continue Reading Weekend clinics will focus on preventative care
Survey results were released last week about the success of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which Congress is debating whether to reauthorize.
The program works to reduce the number of uninsured, low-income children in the United States. Continue Reading Children's health insurance plan gets rave reviews
Information technology systems provide some assistance for hospitals' data-collection initiatives but fall short of completely automating the processes.
That's one finding from a Government Accountability Office report about hospitals' efforts to collect data for a series of quality measures.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' annual payment update program requires hospitals to submit the information every quarter to avoid reductions in Medicare payments. Continue Reading GAO: IT systems falling short in data collection
The Food and Drug Administration has indicated it will close its laboratory in Denver, according to the Sen. Ken Salazar's office.
Salazar has joined with Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter to save the lab, which has 52 employees. Continue Reading FDA puts Denver FERN laboratory on closure list
Affiliated Computer Services will continue to manage the state's Medicaid records for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing as part of a three-year, $67 million contract.
ACS has held the contract since 1996. The company processes more than 25 million claims annually. Continue Reading State Medicaid records contract awarded to ACS
The Health Maintenance Organization industry in Colorado saw massive profits in 2006, according to Colorado Managed Care, a newsletter published by James Hertel.
The HMO industry doubled its 2005 profits during 2006.
The combined before-tax profits grew to $213.78 million — up 111 percent. Continue Reading Health maintenance organization profits double
Bibs for babies and a Web conference for local doctors' offices about vaccination updates top the list of a month-long push to increase immunization rates in El Paso and Pueblo counties.
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With the date for complying with National Provider Identifier regulations looming May 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has developed a contingency plan for health care providers who will not meet the deadline.
Required as part of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, every health care provider is supposed to have applied for a unique identification number. But many providers have not obtained the required documentation, according to CMS acting administrator Leslie V. Norwalk. Continue Reading CMS allows more time for health care ID numbers
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Things don't matter until they matter to you. Until they affect
you personally, worming their way into every fiber of your being
and raking through your thoughts until memories turn to scars,
things are simply fantasies. Some are dreams...but others?
They're nightmares. The possible is impossible until it touches
you. Rape, murder, death, betrayal, none of these things hold any
bearing on the blessed innocent mind. But on the troubled mind,
the cursed mind, they weigh heavily. I used to think I was
invinceable, too smart for folly, too lucky for danger. I always
thought I could protect myself from all the evil. In the end it's
not about myself at all because now I don't matter because I'll
die soon. And that's not what upsets me. If I died and this
nightmare ended I'd sleep in peace. But this nightmare isn't only
a fixture in my life, it's an epidemic that drapes itself among
the living each night. Crawling in their beds each night under
the most despicable guise the epidemic slips silently from one to
another, creating a far branching destructive path. The branches
curl out like claws, grasping the naive, grasping me, and pulling
me into the downward spiral of a disgraced, diseased life that
ends with untimely death.
For me the disease came in what people find the most deserving
way. Disguised as what others already say is trouble people can't
help but mumble that"I deserved it." This death, it hides in the
very life of us all. It courses through our blood. It coursed
through the blood of a woman I barely knew into my own. We shared
a few stories but more importantly we shared a high, and the
needle that provided it. I never saw that woman again but I think
of her often. I'm not angry, I just wonder if she knows. I guess
I got sick but I felt pretty shitty all the time back then.
Chills, fever, sweats, I just took more drugs. Losing weight?
It's hard to notice when you're already a walking skeleton. I
take more drugs. Why didn't I see a doctor? I didn't know I was
sick and no one cared enough to notice. I didn't have someone to
say, you should see a doctor, you don't look well. People take
that for granted, having someone that cares. But that's besides
the point. The point is in the winter of 2004 I was diagnosed
with the HIV infection. The winter after that they changed the
name to AIDS.
But really it's all the same to me.
There was no cure, only prolongement of life. There are however a thousand people who can sell you a cure, it's called false hope. I looked through them all, not because I'm scared of dying but because I know that thanks to me there may be a hundred people out there who are. A cure, a solution, would have to remove every single infected cell. It would have to cleanse a body and soul. But that's fantasy. The reality lay with a cure that could control the disease, force it into a harmless hibernation. That's the cure I sought.The problem is the rest of the world had already given up hope. I got my luck after I thought it had all run out. A rather wealthy grandmother had left me an inheritance to be recieved the day I turned 25, which occured the spring after I "got" AIDS. Having this stroke of luck inspired me. I had money and a will, so there had to be a way. I set out for Germany where I heard there had been a breakthrough in an HIV cure. They were looking for HIV and AIDS patients to test their theories on but were running into a lot of problems. Sure, there are a million AIDS patients destined to die, but to die at the hand of another being? That just wasn't moral. Wouldn't be tolerated, no, the people wouldn't stand for it. Couldn't the world see that we only had to sacrifice a few damned to conquer the damnation of a world?
In Germany I met with a team of seven destitute doctors. They were thought of as "quacks" in the medical community because they had made the impossible possible. They had "cured" HIV. In one man. In a stroke of luck or a moment of pure genius I did not know but I was willing to take a chance. Money talked to the doctors and they talked to me. Three months of hard planning rushed by and a plan formulated between the eight of us. Our operation would take place in Belgium where a Euthanasia Act was in effect. Through tricky legalities we some how found a way. Money talks but glory shouts. Belgium took a chance. Our plan was simplistic, juvenile almost. There would be a clinic for AIDS patients who wished to die but also further the cause. The doctors would finally have human guinea pigs, the very thing they felt was the missing piece of the puzzle.
Good does not make the news, evil does. Evil is frontpage unless the bizarre appears, the freakish and unknown. They can steal the frontpage in a heartbeat, which is just what we did. The clinic attracted hundreds of participants. It's hard to live when you know you're going to die but it's even harder to live when you know you are going to die soon. Who could blame us? Under the guise of "assisted suicide" the doctors progressed their work. I recruited volunteers while being experimented upon. I had stopped the drugs after my diagnosis and had grown as pretty as I had originally been destined to be. Even though the disease was ravishing my looks now I was still a young woman with certain appeal. And I was American. Everyone loves to make a sideshow attraction out of an American. I met with journalists, TV show hosts, and interviewers. We made quite a noise in the world. The doctors published continuous reports and eventually balanced gallantly on the edge of glory. I watched from a hospital room and prepared for my fate, whatever it may be. The doctors, high on near perfection, launched their final tests. They could cure almost everyone with HIV but were also nearing the task of conquering AIDS itself. I went through another cycle of testing and watched some fellow subjects perish while others perservered. I followed the former and faded into the descent of death.
AIDS is not cured yet but I feel I've set the tools in motion. Belgium and the German doctors are rich yet good hearted. Glory has not tainted their morals. People feel volunteering is a win no matter what. You get cured or you get glory, and often people can't decide which is better. The disease conquered my body on asunny spring day. I died with my heart well-knowing that someday AIDS wouldn't conquer people, people would conquer AIDS.
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The background pictures accurately shows certain weather conditions (cloudy, sunny, etc.), but it would be nice if it were more accurate with the actual weather. For example, the background picture accurately shows the sky as cloudy; however, I am confused by the green grass and trees while the temperature is -6°F. Frost or snow on the ground would be a little more accurate. I realize that the background picture is not supposed to be a snapshot of local conditions, but a little more accuracy would make the feature more enjoyable.
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Authorities in Kiev, Ukraine, Deny [WGFT: Well, they would, wouldn't they] Spraying of "Aerosolized Medication" By Aircraft Over City
The office of Emergency Response in the district of Desniansko, Kiev, are tonight (30th Oct.) strongly refuting reports that light aircraft were spraying a substance over the city intended to counter a "swine flu pandemic" in Ukraine. It was reported that light aircraft were seen over the Forest market area of the city (close to the Forest metro station) and they were spraying an aerosol substance intended to "counter swine flu", this of course would constitute forced medication (WG Ed: or bioweapon poisoning) of the population. The editors of local newspapers in KIEV received dozens of phone calls from concerned residents and shop owners in the Forest market area of the city reporting they had observed several light airplanes circling in the sky during the day spraying an unidentified aerosol into the atmosphere. Retailers and local business people reported they were advised to "stay indoors" during the day by local authorities. Local newspapers contacted government administrators in KIEV and were told ..... (WG Ed: Blah, blah, blah = 'Don't alarm the masses'). Reports of helicopters and light airplanes spraying aerosols over KIEV, LVIV, TERNOPIL, and other cities throughout Ukraine are tonight flooding online forums and websites, hundreds of people have verified the reports with their own eye-witness accounts.
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Ukraine Dead Increase to 239 - Still No Sequences
Recombinomics Commentary ~ November 12, 2009
1,253,558 Influenza/ARI 65.615 Hospitalizations 239 Deaths
The above numbers are from the latest update from the Ukraine Ministry of Health. The number of deaths increased 26 to 239, so 50 new deaths have been reported in the past 2 days. Although the virus continues to spread (only 5 of the 27 reporting areas have not topped the epidemic threshold) many of the deaths are still being reported from the hard hit areas in western Ukraine (see map).
However, the biggest jump in cases was 6.096 in KIEV to 89,339. The steady increase in the high level of deaths continues to raise concerns about genetic changes in the H1N1. In this morning's press conference the WHO discussed the need for prompt treatment with Tamiflu, but did not address genetic changes in Ukraine. Only general statements on the stability of the H1N1 were made in response to questions on genetic changes in Ukraine. Today's conference is a week after the last comments on the Ukraine H1N1 sequences which indicated that there were no large changes, but an update would be forthcoming in a "few days". It has now been over a week and no updates on genetic changes have been forthcoming.
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In the middle of the summer, Sara Voisin had to make a decision on where she wanted to go for her post-secondary education.
The Waterloo native, who spent the last two years playing in the Oakville Soccer Club, was debating scholarship offers from two NCAA schools: California University of Pennsylvania (Division II) and Canisius College (Division I) in Buffalo.
She also had an offer from a CIS institution, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), a school just starting its women's soccer program.
After travelling to all three campuses, Voisin decided on UOIT to continue her playing career.
"They were all great visits," Voisin said. "But Peyvand (Mossavat, head coach of the women's soccer team) made it sound like (UOIT) was the best fit for me. He's good friends with Dino Lopez (Technical Director of the Oakville Soccer Club) and I knew he was a great coach. Also, the idea of starting a brand new program and making history at new school appealed to me."
But soccer wasn't the only reason UOIT ended up being the choice for Voisin, who studies Kinesiology.
"The degree you get in the United States doesn't always apply to a lot of Canadian jobs," Voisin said. "If I ended up going, I might have to come back to Canada and get a degree here in order to get a job."
Voisin says while academics played a major role in her decision, the difference in scholarship offers didn't. In the NCAA, a scholarship a student-athlete receives includes tuition and fees, room, board and books while in the CIS, the total value of tuition and compulsory fees is the maximum amount a student-athlete can receive in an academic year.
Around 11,000 student-athletes per year accept scholarships to CIS schools and many factors can go into a decision than just scholarship amounts, according to Tom Huisman, director of operations for the CIS.
"It's not just the CIS, it's the institution themselves, and it's the same case in the NCAA. Everyone's tying to put the best athletic programs they can to compliment the academic programs that are available," Huisman said. Whether it's coaching, facilities, solid competitive opportunities, league structures, hosting of outstanding national championships, we're trying to maximize those things as best we can."
Huisman is well aware there will always be Canadians who want to make the move to the U.S. According to a Globe and Mail article last month, nearly 1,000 Canadians annually decide to accept NCAA scholarships, but Huisman believes the reasons some decide to travel south may have nothing to do with the CIS.
"In the NCAA, everything's on a much different scale," Huisman said. "For those that go, sometimes it has nothing to do with what the alternative is. Sometimes it's the cachet of playing for an NCAA school.
"But think both are trying to do much of the same thing in terms of encouraging perspective students to come their institution and combine a sold academic degree with an outstanding interuniversity sporting experience."
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I really liked the story told in this documentary, and it was a very good film. My expectations must have been through the roof because I just think it was a little over-hyped. Coming from a non-race fan, I loved the driver-cam footage, especially. Senna was such an interesting subject, I'm sure it was tough to edit the film down to the length it was, but it still seemed long to me.


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The Best of Barbara Meltz, Part 2
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Are they still good fun, or are the video games taking control?
Manhattan psychologist Robert H. Reiner, director of Behavioral Associates, which specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy, says, "Five years ago, I used to see one addicted [video- or computer-game] teen every two or three months. Now I've got new patients coming in at the rate of one a week."
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Title: | Bed voidage correlation in fluidized bed biofilm reactor |
Author: | ABDUL-AZIZ, MA; ASOLEKAR, SR |
Abstract: | A simple predictive correlation for bed voidage in a three-phase fluidized bed biofilm reactor (FBBR) has been proposed in this study, based on a relationship between the effective up-flow superficial liquid velocity (U-L) and the corresponding up-few superficial liquid velocity in a three-phase FBBR (U-L'). The experimental observations of bed voidage both for this study as well as for experimental data from a study Trinet et al. for a three-phase FBBR compared reasonably well with the model predictions developed in this study, with mean deviations of 0.26% and 7%, respectively. Further, published experimental observations of bed voidage in a two-phase FBBR agreed well with the model predictions, with mean deviations of 26.4%, 5.2%, and 9.7% for studies conducted by Mulcahy and Shieh, Ngian and Martin, and Setiadi, respectively, and with a mean deviation of 18.7% for the total published experimental data (297 points) of the above researchers. |
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First-year Miami offensive coordinator James Coley helped recruit most of the players on Florida State's roster, and he served as one of Jimbo Fisher's top assistants for several years.
But Coley and UM head coach Al Golden insist that the former FSU offensive coordinator's inside knowledge of the Seminoles' program will be of little help this Saturday.
"I don't think it helps at all," Golden said, noting that Florida State replaced six assistant coaches during the offseason, including three of four coaches on defense. "The whole defense has changed, so it's not like we can learn about what ...


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Merry Christmas to all...
Saturday signaled the beginning of the Christmas break for college basketball, with everyone pretty much taking off the following three days for time with family and friends. One result from Saturday that surprised me was Kansas 84, Boston College 66. The result wasn't a surprise, but the margin was, as the Jayhawks took over from the start. But the biggest loss for the Eagles may have been the services of star forward Jared Dudley, who aggravated a lingering left foot injury in the loss. Dudley may sit out BC's next two games, Duquesne and Northeastern, in order to regain his health in time for then ACC schedule. Add this injury to those of John Oates and Akida McLain, and you have a frontcourt that's paper-thin behind Sean Williams and Shomari Spears. Also, the injury bug puts even more emphasis what I think is the key to the Eagles' success this season: the shot selection of guard Tyrese Rice.
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Sunday was rather tame compared to such a wild slate of games on Saturday. The big game of course was Texas vs LSU, which didn't disappoint by going to overtime. The Longhorns won 76-75 thanks in large part to DJ Augustin's ability to drive to the hoop, and AJ Abrams threes in overtime. The best freshman wasn't Kevin Durant, but Augustin who ended up with a career high 25 to go along with 5 assists. I found it a bit odd at the end of regulation that they gave the ball to Abrams at the top of the key in the closing seconds instead of Augustin. Augustin is clearly better at beating guys off the dribble, and it makes more sense to have Abrams, your best shooter out on the wing.
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That sort of brought me to a sudden realization - what if AMD didn't focus on both the open source and Catalyst drivers? By splitting up development teams for open source and closed source, that basically means half the attention for both products. Personally, I'd rather they focus all on one and not the other. I would prefer focus on the open source drivers just so they get a chance to catch up (and because they support more hardware and OGL-unrelated software), but I also prefer focus on the Catalyst drivers because those are a much shorter distance from operating head-to-head with Windows. I personally use the Catalyst drivers - aside from having to hold back my xserver version, I don't seem to get ANY problems with it. I think much of the complaining about Catalyst is from un-knowledgeable users or people who like to linger on past errors. This is a shame, considering Linux itself is suspect to those problems, so you'd think it's own users would realize this.
On the other hand, AMD could also just hire more devs, but we all know they can't afford that yet.


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COLUMBIA — Kenley Conyers, 6, has been a contestant in the Boone County Fair beauty pageant almost every year since she was 6 months old. She got eighth place that year, third the year after and first when she was 3 in the Baby Contests. In 2011, at 5 years old, she became Little Miss Boone County.
This year she is not eligible to participate in the contest, but you can spot her around the Boone County Fair in some of the activities. She will ride in the Boone County Fair downtown parade on Saturday.
Kenley spends most of her summer afternoons at home playing games with her little brother, Kason, 3, who calls her "Tenley" or "Sisi." Coloring, putting stickers on themselves and playing Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders were part of their routine on July 7.
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It's illegal...it's not so bad....not fare to bust or imprison....but it's still illegal....
Don't drink a beer....we're waiting for pot to be legal in NY.
It's a gateway...no, it's harmless.....cops holding up plants for TV news....but its just a show, as the Governor wants it legal....
And you wonder why no one takes the law seriously....
Letting People Get High is One of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's Top Priorities in 2013
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I blame the Kenyon.
- January 10, 2013 at 11:42 PM
Now that would be a new revenue stream! Got to love those Progressives…LMAO
- January 11, 2013 at 8:19 AM
You know why the government wants everyone to smoke pot?
SO THEY WILL BE CALM AND EASY TO CONTROL. - January 11, 2013 at 9:48 AM
How does being hard on guns and crime include making sure people can smoke drugs? It's like making beer cheaper so kids can afford it. I don't get all the money and time we spent on the war on drugs and then make it okay to use. Makes one want to move away to Russia. They still believe drugs are wrong.
- January 11, 2013 at 9:59 AM
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Some years ago I began propounding the theory that all humor is conservative. This thesis was prompted not just by the obvious humorlessness of the Politically Correct Left, but by a series of essays by liberal pundits asking why the Right was having all the fun and by the observation that all of the best comic novels and movies tended to serve conservative ends. It wasn't though until I started reading some of the philosophical writings on the topic of humor -- of which there are surprisingly few -- that I really started to take the idea seriously. What stands out in those writings , and seems to explain why there aren't more, is just how uncomfortable the authors are with where their investigations lead them. Simon Critchley's On Humour is a perfect example of how a rational consideration of humor tends to bring what are generally secular and Leftist thinkers into conflict with their own philosophies.
Mr. Critchley, adopting John Morreall's framework for the historical theories of humor -- which holds that there are basically three: superiority theory; relief theory; and incongruity theory -- explains them thus: 1. In the first theory, represented by Plato, Aristotle, Quintillian and, at the dawn of the modern era, Hobbes, we laugh from feelings of superiority over other people, from "sudaine Glory arising from some suddaine Conception of some Eminency in our selves, by Comparison with the Infirmityes of others, or with our owne formerly". [...]The "allegedly" in the definition of relief theory is fitting because it is the weakest of the three, never explained with any sufficiency that we need treat it seriously. However, you'll note that both the superiority theory -- with its core assumption that we do not consider ourselves all to be equal -- and the incongruity theory -- with its assumption that there is an underlying order to Creation and that we will recognize when it has been disordered -- are obviously objectionable to the Left with its faith in extreme egalitarianism and a world driven only by random material natural forces. With these as the only three theories that have gained any traction over the centuries, we can understand why humor has been largely ignored by philosopher. Next Mr. Critchley describes the phenomenology of a joke: [J]oking is a specific and meaningful practice that the audience and the joke-teller recognize as such. There is a tacit social contract at work here, namely some agreement about the social world in which we find ourselves as the implicit background to the joke. [...] So, in listening to a joke, I am presupposing a social world that is shared, the forms of which the practice of joke-telling is going to play with. Joking is a game that players only play successfully when they both understand and follow the rules.When you consider the implication there, that joking requires a shared culture, it's easy to see why multiculturalists would likewise hope to ignore the subject of humor. Despite all this, Mr. Critchley -- himself associated with continental philosophy and the traditions of existentialism, nihilism, deconstructionism, post-modernism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, etc. -- hopes to convince us that humor serves the purposes of the Left: [I] want to claim that humour is not just comic relief, a transient corporeal affect induced by the raising and extinguishing of tension, of as little social consequence as masturbation, although slightly more acceptable to perform in public. I rather want to claim that what goes on in humour is a form of liberation or elevation that expresses something essential to what [Helmuth] Plessner calls "the humanity of the human". [...] [As a provisional outline of the thought I am after, let me turn to the character of Eddie Waters, the philosopher-comedian from Trevor Griffith's brilliant 1976 piece Comedians,Mr. Critchley risks slipping into incoherence here as he adopts the view that humor, on the one hand, requires for its background a set of shared social structures but that, on the other, it ought to dispose of same. Can it really be the purpose of humor to create a world in which nothing is funny? Is the end of comedy to end comedy? Even Mr. Critchley realizes he's on thin ice here, prompting his confession that: [I]t is important to recognize that not all humour is of this type, and most of the best jokes are fairly reactionary or, at best, simply serve to reinforce social consensus. [...]Quite. Humor, in practice, exists not to shatter the social consensus but to reinforce it. From a Darwinian perspective this makes perfect sense. Humor is part of a perfect feedback loop, guaranteeing its own survival by fostering the environment in which it thrives. He comes closer to the mark when he discusses "Laughter's Messianic Power" and acknowledges that: [I] want to defend a two-fold claim: (i) that the tiny explosions of humour that we call jokes return us to a common, familiar world of shared practices, the background meanings implicit in a culture; and (ii) indicate how those practices might be transformed or perfected, how things might be otherwise. [...] My quibble [with the religious worldview] is the following: [it] invites us to look away from this world towards another in which, in Peter Berger's words, "the limitations of the human condition are miraculously overcome". Humour lets us view the folly of the world by affording us a glimpse of another world, by offering what Berger calls "a signal of transcendence". However, in my view, humour does not redeem us from this world, but returns us to it ineluctably by showing that there is no alternative. [...] [H]umour does not save us from that folly by turning our attention elsewhere...but calls on us to face the folly of the world and change the situation in which we find ourselves.Well might we point out to Mr. Critchley that nothing more clearly defines the modern rationalist Left from the Right than the belief of the former that humankind is perfectable, was indeed at some distant point perfect before being corrupted by artificial social forces. Behind every murderous tyrant of the 19th and 20th centuries lay the idea that Man is plastic to be hammered into whatever perfect form whichever false prophet chose. Arrayed against this sort of nihilism masquerading as idealism have been the peoples of the Judeo-Christian West, who recognize, along with Eric Hoffer, that: Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect. They know that basic human problems can have no final solutions, that our freedom, justice, equality, etc. are far from absolute, and that the good life is compounded of half measures, compromises, lesser evils, and gropings toward the perfect. The rejection of approximations and the insistence on absolutes are the manifestation of a nihilism that loathes freedom, tolerance, and equity.Instructed by the Bible, we are comfortable with the fact that the human condition is indeed loaded with folly. What Mr. Critchley is demanding is that we reject that reality, indeed, reject Reality. The futility of this rebellion is apparent not just on the utopian political front, where we could descend into pointless partisan argument, but on the physical plane. In discussing the unique duality that humans experience as animals with awareness of themselves as something more, Mr. Critchley notes that: Humour functions by exploiting the gap between being a body and having a body, between -- let us say -- the physical and metaphysical aspects of being human. What makes us laugh, I would wager, is the return of the physical into the metaphysical, where the pretended tragical sublimity of the human collapses into a comic ridiculousness which is perhaps even more tragic.Having conceded that to be human is to be comically ridiculous, to whatever degree, then how would one hope to escape the folly of the world? It is certainly not in our power to alter the very nature of human existence. Though that hasn't necessarily stopped folks from trying. Suffice it to say, it seems not too controversial to say that folks who can accept human nature are better adjusted and happier than those who can't. The latter consider life a tragedy. For the former it is, naturally, a comedy. Another aspect of humor that Mr. Critchley treats honestly even though it undercuts his own wishes is the social cohesion function it serves. As he says: Humour is a form of cultural insider-knowledge, and might, indeed, be said to function like a linguistic defence mechanism. Its ostensive untranslatability endows native speakers with a palpable sense of their cultural distinctiveness or even superiority. In this sense, having a common sense of humour is like sharing a secret code. [...] We wear our cultural distinctiveness like an insulation layer against the surrounding alien environment.Now, Mr. Critchley, as you can imagine, objects to the exclusivity and ostracism that must follow from such a function. However, a key consideration here has to be that Western Civilization, or Christendom, is/was a distinct but universal culture. Today some 2 billion people share the inside knowledge that is Christianity and the rest are welcome to access it. Meanwhile, Judaism and Islam are sufficiently similar that they partake of much of that knowledge, especially as regards the fundamentals of Creation and Man's nature. We need not even get down to the question of whether that knowledge is "true" in order to recognize that its non-exclusive quality makes it radically different than the sorts of nationalist/racial cliquishness that Mr. Critchley rightly frets about in regard to ethnic jokes and the like. Consider the degree to which the prior admissions about reality conform to the Biblical worldview and it becomes apparent that humor is rather easily translatable, though some may choose to reject the translation as they reject the reality. [...] Mr. Critchley's book represents a fine introduction to the study of humor and the author is honest enough to acknowledge that he wishes comedy functioned in some way other than pretty nearly every philosopher who's studied it has been forced to conclude it does. But his pious -- or rather, PC -- wish can not make it so. (Reviewed:) Grade: (B) Tweet Websites:-Simon Critchley, Professor -Simon Critchley (University of Essex) -Simon Critchley (Wikipedia) -EXCERPT: Did you hear the one about the philosopher writing a book on humour? 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Bruns, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews) Book-related and General Links: COMEDY: -AUDIO INTERVIEW: Humor: Ted Cohen, Professor in Philosophy, the College, the Committee on Art and Design, and the Committee on General Studies in the Humanities, University of Chicago (Philosophy Talk, March 30, 2004, San Francisco's KALW) -ESSAY: Tears of Laughter (Christopher Turner, Spring 2005, Cabinet) -ESSAY: Humour and the Human: the animal-human interface in the novels of Will Self (Charles Jason Lee, Lancaster University) -ESSAY: Where Can The Others Meet?: Gender, Race and Film Comedy (Mark Richardson, Senses of Cinema) |
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Blond, blue-eyed, boyish charm with a buff bod. This could describe a million guys out there who are "models."
Mike Churchill is all of these things, but he is so not your average male model. There are obvious gorgeous and sexy aspects about him, of course, but there's also this quiet, steamy confidence.
Papa like. In fact, I'm not normally fond of blonds, but Mike is fabulous! Naturally, I'm not the only one who thinks so; this New Jersey boy's picture is everywhere! It's next to impossible to locate an unseen or rare photograph. I think I got one, though. The last one (beside the bed) was taken just recently. And, is that a trick of the light or can I see his...
Anyway...he's been modelling for 5 years now and wants to "take it to the next level and land something big." I'm right here, baby.
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These chairs are stunning in person. They give our dining room a touch of elegance.. I was able to put them together fairly quickly.
Varia Upholstered Dining Chairs (Set of 2)
These two dining chairs feature a beautiful and durable poplar wood construction. A dark chestnut finish and beige and black linen polyester-blend upholstery adds sophistication to these handsome dining chairs.
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These two dining chairs feature a beautiful and durable poplar wood construction. A dark chestnut finish and beige and black linen polyester-blend upholstery adds sophistication to these handsome dining chairs.- Set includes: Two (2) chairs
- Materials: Linen polyester-blend fabric/poplar wood)
- Finish: dark chestnut
- Upholstery materials: Linen polyester-blend
- Upholstery color: Off white/black
- Upholstery fill: California fire-retardant foam
- Seat height: 20 inches high
- Dimensions: 39 inches high x 18 inches wide x 23 inches deep
Features | |
Color | Red |
Style | Contemporary Transitional |
Material | Linen Wood |
Chair Type | Accent Chairs |
Set Size | Set of 2 |
Assembly | Assembled |
Chair Back Height | High Back |
Back Rest | Yes |
Furniture Frame Material | Wood |
Furniture Pattern | Floral |
Seat Style | Upholstered |
Dimensions | See description |
Materials | Linen Polyester-Blend Fabric, Poplar Wood |
Model Number | 222250 |
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Beautiful chairs These chairs are stunning in person. They give our dining room a touch of elegance.. I was able to put them together fairly quickly.
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dining room nice fabric, east to put together, look great as contrasting chairs in dining room.
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Love my dining room chairs! These chairs look great at each end of my farm table! Great quality! -Jane
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Varia Upholstered chairs love the fabric of the chairs but the two things I disliked were that there were fabric strings all over the chairs; like the upholsterer should've clipped/cut all the loose strings; there were at least 50 of them...Looked unprofessional and cheap and I had to use some fine scissors to cut them off. Second thing was that the screws to put the chair together should've been a little longer for easier assembly of the chairs.
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Nice for the price I appreciated the customer service rep's prompt attention to a shipping error. We had received only six of the eight chairs ordered. Two more were sent immediately even though it was unclear who had erred (the shipper or the deliverer). The chairs are very nice looking but difficult to assemble. Some had marred legs which we easily touched up, and all had threads that needed to be cut off. The upholstery design is very pleasing. Overall, the chairs are attractive but have not been used as of yet so their sturdiness is still an unknown.
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Beautiful Chairs These chairs exceeded my expectations in every way. The design has subtle graceful curves both in the rear legs and the seat bag. The fabric is expertly upholstered, centering the pattern on each chair back and seat. The fabric itself it remarkable, with the linen background heavily textured to create almost a burlap effect, then the black velvety damask print raised over that. They are also extremely comfortable and the height is ideal at my dining room table. The chairs come as a pre-assembled back with legs, a separate seat, front legs and under panel. Of the six chairs I ordered, five went together with ease. The last one, the fittings inside the seat were drilled wrong and the legs could not be installed. It took multiple emails and photos to get Overstock to send a replacement. It finally arrived and the dining room looks great.
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Cute Chairs! I am so happy I found these chairs! I couldnt be happier with the quality and the price was amazing. I was also very pleased with how quickly they were delivered. I would recommend these chairs to anyone. Thank You!
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Beautiful Chairs I bought 6 of these chairs last week after we bought a table from Pier 1. We wanted something not too expensive, but added some fun to our room. These are beautiful chairs and my bf and I are happy we chose these after all the chairs we looked at. I may consider buying more, but they are all sold out now! Definitely a great compliment to our dining room furniture!
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Just beautiful! These chairs are beautiful and have transformed my dining room into a more updated, beautiful room! They were easy to put together. My husband had all four chairs (we bought two sets) in less than 20 minutes. They are sturdy, wipe clean and really liven up a room. We have had the set for about a month now and I am thrilled with the purchase! Delivery was fast and the chairs are so pretty!
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Beatiful chairs!! I feel like I stole these chairs. I have not been disapointed ever with overstocks but this has moved into my "favorite ever" spot. My living room looks like the Ritz Carlton lobby for pennies!! :) Happy girl!!
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Hello lspenik, I hope you are doing well. The legs are black. Thank you for shopping with us and have a great day.
Dark brown, not a true flat black or espresso.
Dark brown, almost black.
Hello, What is the seat depth???? This is from the front edge of seat to where it meets the back,, not inclusive. The response given to the same question on May 27th was for the complete chair dimensions. Question was not answered properly. Please provide the seat depth only. Thanks
Hello thepersonalshopper, the seat depth is 23 inches. Thanks for shopping with us!
16 inches
What is the depth of the seat area
Thank you for your question nanie52. The dimensions of the Varia Upholstered Dining Chairs (Set of 2) are: 39 inches high x 18 inches wide x 23 inches deep. Have a great day.
16 inches by 18 inches wide (at the front - it tapers some)
Where are these chairs manufactured?
Hello elena911, These are made in China. Thank you for shopping with us!
can you give me the dimensions and weight of the package of 2 chairs?
Thank you for contacting us,the dimensions of the box is: Height: 19 Width: 14 Length: 40 The weight is 35 pounds. Please let me know if you have any further question.
What is the maximum weight this chair can support?
Thank you for your question, it will hold 250 pounds.
Is this pattern damask or does it have Fleur de Lis?
This pattern is damask. There is no Fleur de Lis.
what does each chair weigh - thanks :)
The shipping weight is 35 pounds.
how much assembly required?
These chairs arrive assembled.
Not true. There is assembly required. The back has to be attached to the seat and the legs have to be bolted on. Took me about 15 minutes each and all tools are included.
how wide is the seat of the chair?
This seat of this chair is 18 inches wide.
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